Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities, 2009-2010

Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities, 2009-2010

The Newberry Library, an independent research library in
Chicago,Illinois, invites applications for its 2009-2010 Fellowships
in the Humanities. Newberry Library fellowships support research in
residence at the Library, and all proposed research must be
appropriate to the collections (excluding the Terra Foundation
Fellowship and certain short-term awards). Our fellowship program
rests on the belief that all projects funded by the Newberry benefit
from engagement both with the materials in the Newberry’s collections
and with the lively community of researchers that gathers around
those collections. Long-term residential fellowships are available
for periods of six to eleven months to postdoctoral scholars who must
hold the Ph.D. at the time of application. The stipend for these
fellowships ranges from $25,500 to $70,000. In 2008-2009 the Library
inaugurated a new Terra Foundation for American Art Fellowship in Art
History carrying an academic-year stipend of $70,000 for a full
professor (or its equivalent outside the academy) and $50,400 for all
other awardees. Short-term residential fellowships are intended for
postdoctoral scholars or Ph.D. candidates from outside the Chicago
area who have a specific need for Newberry collections. The tenure of
short-term fellowships varies form one week to two months. The amount
of the award is generally $1600 per month. Applications for long-term
fellowships are due January 12, 2009; applications for most
short-term fellowships are due March 2, 2009. For more information or
to download application materials, visit our website at:
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html

If you would like materials sent to you by mail, write to the
Committee on Awards, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Il 60610-3380.
If you have questions about the fellowships program, contact
research@newberry.org or (312) 255-3666.